Binge drinking, commonly defined as consuming five or more standard drinks per occasion
for men and four or more drinks for women, typically begins in adolescence. Adolescents …

Background Findings from systematic reviews and meta-analyses about the effectiveness of
school-based programmes to prevent or reduce substance abuse are inconclusive. We …

Члены Комитета экспертов подтвердили отсутствие финансовой поддержки/конфликта
интересов. В случае сообщения о наличии конфликта интересов, член (ы) Комитета …

Nonmedical prescription opioid misuse remains a growing public problem in need of action
and is concentrated in areas of US states with large rural populations such as Kentucky …

Adolescence is an important neurodevelopmental period marked by rapidly escalating rates
of alcohol and drug use. Over the past decade, research has attempted to disentangle pre …

Media, from television to the “new media”(including cell phones, iPads, and social media),
are a dominant force in children's lives. Although television is still the predominant medium …

Dynamic changes in neurochemistry, fiber architecture, and tissue composition occur in the
adolescent brain. The course of these maturational processes is being charted with greater …

Background Although important to public policy, there have been no rigorous evidence
syntheses of the long-term consequences of late adolescent drinking. Methods and Findings …

While prevalence rates for alcohol use and related disorders differ widely between adult
men and women, male and female adolescents do not exhibit the same disparity in alcohol …

Objective: During adolescence, neurobiological maturation occurs concurrently with social
and interpersonal changes, including the initiation of alcohol and other substance use. The …